Essays Tagged: "Kate Chopin"

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Public ControversyThe Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, was a book that was truly aheadof its time. The author of the book was truly a genius i ... t or accept thesimple but hidden feelings of intimacy or sexuality and the true nature ofwomanhood. Kate Chopin's book portrayed a woman of that time in a quiteunorthodox way. In fact, [ When she wrot ...

(2 pages) 195 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

View on short story-"The Story of an Hour" This story was written by kate Chopin. This essay describes the irony presented in the story.

Fiction EssayAn Hour Full of IronyThere is much irony in Kate Chopin's short story entitled "The Story of an Hour." To begin, irony is first detected in the ...

(1 pages) 709 4 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The report of a story of an hour english 110

reshadows or represents the character's emotions and feelings. In "The Story of an Hour" written by Kate Chopin, the setting plays a major role in the effectiveness of the story. Mrs. Mallard's husban ... ree life with no worries or responsibilities.The setting of the short story was carefully chosen by Kate Chopin to produce the fullest effect and outcome of the story. The setting helped Mrs. Mallard ...

(3 pages) 312 2 2.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The storm" by Kate Chopin

In Kate Chopin's short story 'The Storm,' the narrativesurrounds the brief affair of two individuals, C ...

(3 pages) 337 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Edna's Character in " The Awakening", a novel by Kate Chopin

t she needs to be an individual, but encounters the resistance of society's standards to her desire.Kate Chopin carefully, though subtly, establishes that Edna does not neglect her children, but only ...

(3 pages) 186 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Kate Chopin's The Awakening

s.V. ConclusionEdna Pontlierre experiences a theme of self-discovery throughout the entire novel of Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening. Within Edna's travel through self discovery, Chopin successfully uses ...

(3 pages) 243 0 4.5 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A biography of Kate Chopin

Biography of Kate ChopinOn February 8, 1950, Kate O'Flaherty was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father was an I ... other brothers and sisters. Her sisters died as infants and her brothers before they turned 25.When Kate was five and a half years old, she was sent to Sacred Heart Academy, a catholic boarding school ... grandmother, and great grandmother, who were all widows.Two years after moving in with her mother, Kate returned to Sacred Heart Academy, and was very successful there. One of her greatest achievemen ...

(2 pages) 95 0 2.6 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

In the book The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Edna Pontellier is a character who is entrapped both externally and internally.

dentity and discover her true one. The origin of this information is from The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin and published in 1899.Edna Pontellier's attitude causes her to not fit in, so Edna, when ...

(3 pages) 104 0 4.0 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Kate Chopin Biography + comments on her writing.

Kate ChopinKatherine O'Flaherty Chopin was born February 8, 1850 in St. Louis, MO. The daughter of a ... ole mother, the O'Flaherty's were members of the creole social elite and were fairly well off. When Kate was very young, her father Thomas died in a work-related accident. He left behind a family of f ... elated accident. He left behind a family of four generations of women all living in the same house. Kate was very close to her great-grandmother, Madame Charleville, who first introduced her to the wo ...

(3 pages) 155 0 4.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Regional Writers, a comparison of Mary Wilkes Freeman and Kate Chopin

of the same themes, such as irony. Mary Wilkes Freeman writes with irony in "A New England Nun" and Kate Chopin uses irony in "Desiree's Baby." Freeman is from a small town in Massachusetts and writes ... helps to reveal the lives and feelings of people in several parts of the country, which is shown by Kate Chopin and Mary Wilkes Freeman in "Desiree's Baby" and "A New England Nun.""As the day was plea ...

(5 pages) 60 0 3.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of STORY OF AN HOUR by Kate Choplin

In 1894, Kate Chopin wrote, "The Story of an Hour." In this fictional tale the author describes the experienc ... tually caused by her realization that the freedoms she looked forward too were no longer a reality. Kate Chopin's description of what the main character feels and sees shows us how this is possible.Th ... reader is reminded more of a sunny day than a gloomy sky. At this point it is almost confusing but Kate Chopin quickly explains the scenario. She explains of a feeling the main character feels approa ...

(5 pages) 341 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The Story of an Hour" written by Kate Chopin

In "The Story of an Hour" written by Kate Chopin, Mrs. Mallard's husband was killed in a horrific railroad accident. The setting foreshad ... ree life with no worries or responsibilities.The setting of the short story was carefully chosen by Kate Chopin to produce the fullest effect and outcome of the story. The setting helped Mrs. Mallard ...

(3 pages) 139 0 3.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Physical Vs. Spiritual in The Awakening and Anna Karenina

, wherein characters are embraced by a growing sense of either their spiritual or physical being.In Kate Chopin's novel, The Awakening, there is a physically defined presence of desire and change lurk ...

(4 pages) 75 0 4.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Analysis on "the story of an hour" by Kate chopin Title: A Repressed Woman

"The Story of an Hour", written by Kate Chopin in the late 18th Century, is a dramatic example of a woman who suddenly discovers her fr ... r own merits and that women can appreciate the long struggle for freedom made by women of the past. Kate Chopin uses descriptive imagery, elements of suspense, and astonishing irony to keep the reader ...

(3 pages) 273 0 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Character Analysis within Kate Chopin's Literary Works

The female characters portrayed in Kate Chopin's literary works are insecure, unsatisfied, unsettled, and searching for a personal iden ... omen protagonists' quests for individuality and their equal desires to overcome societal pressures. Kate Chopin acknowledges sexuality in women and women's rights in a time period where these were uns ... incident that the storm prevails through Calixta's own passion and sexuality.In her literary work, Kate Chopin demonstrates that society is unwilling to admit that feminine sexuality exists by descri ...

(7 pages) 266 2 2.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Different symbols in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening"

In Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is reborn and dies in the sea. As Edna swims by herself ...

(3 pages) 130 0 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

a short summary/analysis of Gilbert's short story "The yellow wallpaper."

ately adopts. The narrator is a repressed woman with nowhere to go except madness. As a parallel to Kate Chopin"s " Story of an Hour" in which death was the escape to freedom, Gilbert emphasizes that ...

(2 pages) 163 1 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

An analysis of the novel The Awakening

which was self-assertive and a disposition to trample upon the rights of others." (25) This is how Kate Chopin introduces the character of Mademoiselle Reisz into her novel, The Awakening. A characte ...

(4 pages) 63 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Explore in detail the poem 'Nothings Changed' by Tamatakhulu Afrika and the story 'Desiree's baby' by Kate Chopin, commenting on how the authors have presented the relationship between black and white people.

plore in detail the poem 'Nothings Changed' by Tamatakhulu Afrika and the story 'Desiree's baby' by Kate Chopin, commenting on how the authors have presented the relationship between black and white p ... existing in "Nothing's Changed" is oppression and social inequality"Desiree's Baby" was written by Kate Chopin in 1850 before the American civil war. The story is set in Louisiana, America, and was w ...

(5 pages) 82 0 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature